More than half a year after LivingSocial announced the planned departure of CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy, we know the name of his replacement. Gautam Thakar, an eBay advertising executive, will take over the D.C. company by mid-August. Here's three big things on his plate:

1. Whether to reinvest in "daily"

You would be forgiven for being confused by the spate of recent LivingSocial news. They seemed to be abandoning the offer-of-the-day model last year, but earlier this month launched a daily e-mail/app-based deal, called the Daily Gem, that in many ways evokes the daily deal of the long-long ago 2011 (albeit with some new personalization features). One question for Thakar is how he handles the idea that LivingSocial's products must generate urgency, something central to the daily deal, or whether he favors the variety and flexibility of long-lasting offers. As it stands today, LivingSocial is straddling the two.

LivingSocial has raised more than $900 million in outside capital, including a $110 million round last year on less than rosy terms. Recently, it's been shoring up its finances by selling off assets, including its Korea-based operation Ticket Monster, which it offloaded to Groupon for $260 million. "There’s a lot of runway in the business right now, via some of the assets sales," O'Shaughnessy told me in an interview earlier this week. "There’s been a lot of cash that’s come in. I don’t foresee any fund raises in the foreseeable future." Will Thakar, with his own vision for the company, feel the same way?